“The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.”
— George Orwell, “In Front of Your Nose“
Some things I noticed 10/07/2020:
- Quasicrystal
- “contract to build missile-tracking satellites“
- “we of the road do not admit in conversation that there is another side at all“
- “Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element — direct observation.“
- “Year by year it was served with increased efficiency and decreased intelligence.”
- Raw Nerve; “the topics that are most painful also tend to be the topics that are most important for us“
- “My lonely girl in the desert, I know that life is hard. But it won’t always be this way.“
- “Synchronous reluctance motors are software powered“
- “shenanigans beget shenanigans“
- Beyoncé — Irreplaceable
- ヨルシカ 「言って。」